PUBLICATIONS

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1. Alhabash, S., Smischney, T.M., Suneja, A., Nimmagadda, A., & White, L. (In press). So similar, yet so different: hot motivations to use Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok predict problem use and use continuance intentions. Sage Open.

2. McAlister, A.R., Alhabash, S., & Yang, J. (2023/2024). Artificial intelligence and ChatGPT: Exploring current and potential future roles in marketing education. Journal of Marketing Communication. [Published online first] https://doi.org/10.1080/13527266.2023.2289034 

3. Strukel, D., White, L.*, & Alhabash, S. (2023). The good, the bag, the ugly: Predictors of positive and negative experiences of traditional and nontraditional graduate students. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. [Online First] https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714231151836

4. Alhabash, S., Dong, Y.*, Moureaud, C., Muraro, I.S., & Hertig, J.B. (2022). Effects of humor appeals in public service announcements (PSAs) on intentions to purchase medications via social media. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 12340. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912340  

5. Alhabash, S., Park, S.*, Smith, S., Hendriks, H., & Dong, Y.* (2022). Social media use and alcohol consumption: A 10-year systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 11796. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811796

6.  Yousef, M.*, Dietrich, T., Rundle-Thiele, S., & Alhabash, S. (2022). Emotional appeals effectiveness in enhancing charity digital advertisements. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, 27 (4), e1763 DOI: 10.1002/nvsm.1763  

7. Jiang, M., Rifon, N.J., Cotten, S.R., Alhabash, S., Tsai, H.Y.S., Shillair, R., & LaRose, B. (2022). Bringing older consumers onboard to online banking: A generational cohort comparison. Educational Gerontology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2021.2021730  

8. Hussain, S. A., & Alhabash, S. (2022). Effect of nostalgia as a motivational force for depressed students to seek professional psychological help. Journal of American College Health, 70(2), 484-492. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1754838

9. Moureaud, C., Hertig, J., Dong, Y.*, Muraro, I.S.*, & Alhabash, S. (2021). Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: A survey-based study of prevalence, risk perceptions and motivations. Health Policy, 125(11), 1421-1429.

10. Alhabash, S. (2021). Humanizing advertising education: Reflection and insights for post-pandemic pedagogy. Journal of Advertising Education, 25(1), 6-12.

11. Alhabash, S.A., Mundel, J., Deng, T., McAlister, A., Quilliam, E.T., & Richards, J.I. (2021). Social media alcohol advertising among underage minors: Effects of models’ age. International Journal of Advertising, https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2020.1852807

12. Hussain, S.A., & Alhabash, S. (2020). Nostalgic emotional valence and its effects on help-seeking in depression. An application of the theory of planned behavior. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1794549

13. Lou, C. & Alhabash, S. (2020). Placing socially responsible alcohol ads on social media: The roles of warning size and warning integration in the efficacy of alcohol ads among underage youth. Journal of Interactive Advertising. https://doi.org/10.1080/15252019.2020.1780651

14. Alhabash, S., Kanver, D., Lou, C., Smith, S., & Tan, P.-N. (2020). Trick or drink: Offline and social media hierarchical normative influences on Halloween celebration drinking. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1808406

15. Burt, S.A., Kim, M., & Alhabash, S. (2020). A novel, in-vivo measure of cyberaggression. Aggressive Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21911

16. Hussain, S. A., & Alhabash, S. (2020). Effect of nostalgia as a motivational force for depressed students to seek professional psychological help. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1754838

17. Smith, S., Alhabash, S., Kanver, D., Tan, P.-N., & Viken, G. (2019). Celebration drinking around the clock. Health Communication. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1625007

18. Corrigan, J. R., Alhabash, S., Rousu, M., & Cash, S. B. (2018). How much is social media worth? Estimating the value of Facebook by paying users to stop using it. PLoS ONE, 13(12): e0207101. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207101 [viewed over 41K times on the PLoS website and covered by over 100 outlets globally].

19. Alhabash, S., VanDam, C., Tan, P.-N., Smith, S. W., Viken, G., Kanver, D., Tian, L., & Figueira, L. (2018). 140 Characters of intoxication: Exploring the prevalence of alcohol-related tweets and predicting their virality. Sage Open. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2158244018803137

20. Kircaburun, K., Alhabash, S., Tosuntaş, S. B., & Griffiths, M. D. (2018). Uses and gratifications of problematic social media use among university students: A simultaneous examination of the big five personality, social media platforms and social media use motives. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11469-018-9940-6

21. Young, R., Miles, S., & Alhabash, S. (2018). Attacks by Anons: A content analysis of aggressive posts, victim responses, and bystander interventions on a social media site. Social Media + Society.

22. Almutairi, N.*, Alhabash, S., Hellmueller, L., & Willis, E. (2018). The effects of Twitter users’ weight and gender on viral behavioral intentions toward obesity-related news. Journal of Health Communication.

23. Alhabash, S., Almutairi, N.*, Lou, C.*, & Kim, W.* (2018). Pathways to virality: Psychophysiological responses preceding likes, shares, comments, and status updates on Facebook. Media Psychology.

24. Burt, S. A., & Alhabash, S. (2017). Illuminating the nomological network of digital aggression: Results from two studies. Aggressive Behavior, 44(2), 125-135.

25. Lou, C., & Alhabash, S. (2017). Understanding non-profit and for-profit social marketing on social media: The case of anti-texting while driving. Journal of Promotion Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496491.2017.1380109

26. Alhabash, S., & Ma, M.* (2017). A tale of four platforms: Motivations and uses of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat among college students. Social Media + Society, January-March 2017, 1-13. DOI: 10.1177/2056305117691544.

27. Jiang, M.*, Tsai, H.-y., S.*, Cotten, S. R., Rifon, N. J., LaRose, R., & Alhabash, S. (2016). Generational Differences in Online Safety Perceptions, Knowledge and Practices. Educational Gerontology, 42(9), 621-62304. DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2016.1205408.

28. Alhabash, S., McAlister, A. R., Kim, W. *, Lou, C. *, Cunningham, C. *, Quilliam, E. T., & Richards, J. I. (2016). Saw it on Facebook, drank it at the bar! Effects of exposure to Facebook alcohol ads on alcohol-related behaviors. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 16(1), 44-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15252019.1160330 [Nominated for “Best Article” award, American Academy of Advertising].

29. Tsai, H.-y. S.*, Jiang, M.*, Alhabash, S., LaRose, R., Rifon, N., Cotton, S. R. (2016). Understanding online safety behavior: A protection motivation theory perspective. Computers & Security, 59, 138-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2016.02.009

30. Alhabash, S., Almutairi, N.*, & Abu Rub, M. (2016). Just add a verse from the Quran: Effects of religious rhetoric in gain- and loss-framed anti-alcohol messages with a Palestinian sample. Journal of Religion and Health, 56(5), 1628-1643: DOI 10.1007/s10943-015-0177-4.

31. Alhabash, S., McAlister, A. R., Lou, C.*, & Hagerstrom, A.* (2015). From clicks to behaviors: The mediating effect of viral behavioral intentions on the relationship between attitudes and offline behavioral intentions. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 15(2), 82-96. DOI:10.1080/15252019.2015.1071677. [“Best Article” Award, American Academy of Advertising, 2016].

32. Alhabash, S., Baek, J.-h.*, Cunningham, C.*, & Hagerstrom, A.* (2015). To comment or not to comment?: How virality, arousal level, and commenting behavior on YouTube videos affect civic behavioral intentions. Computers in Human Behavior, 51(A), 520-531. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2015.1028448

33. Boehmer, J.*, LaRose, R., Rifon, N. J., Alhabash, S., & Cotten, S. (2015). Determinants of Online Safety Behaviour: Toward an Intervention Strategy for College Students. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(10), 1022-1035.

34. Shillair, R.*, Cotten, S. R., Tsai, H.-y. S.*, Alhabash, S., LaRose, R., & Rifon, N. J. (2015). Online safety begins with you and me: Convincing Internet users to protect themselves. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 199-207. https://woi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.046

35. Alhabash, S., McAlister, A. R., Richards, J. I., Quilliam, E. T., & Lou, C.* (2015). Alcohol’s getting a bit more social: When alcohol marketing messages on Facebook motivate young adults to imbibe. Mass Communication & Society. DOI:10.1080/15205436.2014.945651. [“Article of the Year” Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2016].

36. Alhabash, S., Chiang, Y.-h., & Huang, K.* (2014). MAM & U&G in Taiwan: Differences in uses and gratifications of Facebook as a function of motivational reactivity. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 423-430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.033.

37. Alhabash, S., Hales, K., Baek, J.-h.*, Oh, H.-J.* (2014). Effects of race, visual anonymity, and social category salience on online dating outcomes. Computers in Human Behavior, 35, 22-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.016.

38. Alhabash, S., & Wise, K. (2014). Playing their game: Changing evaluations of Palestinians and Israelis through video game play. New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/1461444814525010

39. Alhabash, S., & McAlister, A. R. (2014). Redefining virality in less broad strokes: predicting viral behavioral intentions from motivations and uses of Facebook and Twitter. New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/1461444814523726

40. Peng, W., & Alhabash, S. (2013). Guest editors’ introduction to Meaningful Play special issue. Games and Culture, 8(4), 183-185. DOI: 10.1177/1555412013500710.

41. Wise, K., Alhabash, S., Eckler, P. (2013). “Window” shopping online: Cognitive and emotional processing of general and specific product windows. Journal of Interactive Advertising, 13(2), 88-96. DOI: 10.1080/15252019.2013.826550

42. Alhabash, S., McAlister, A., Hagerstrom, A.*, Quilliam, E. T., Rifon, N., & Richards, J. (2013). Between “Likes” and “Shares”: Effects of emotional appeal and virality of anti-cyberbullying messages on Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16(3). DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0265.

43. Kononova, A., & Alhabash, S. (2012). When one medium is not enough: Media use and media multitasking among students in Kuwait. Journal of Middle East Media, 8(1), retrieved from: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwaus/Vol8/JMEM2012_Kononova_and_Alhabash.pdf

44. Alhabash, S., Park, H. J., Kononova, A., Chiang, Y., & Wise, K. (2012). Exploring the Motivations of Facebook Use in Taiwan. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15(6), 304-311. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2011.0611

45. Alhabash, S. & Wise, K. (2012). PeaceMaker: Changing American college students’ attitudes toward Palestinians and Israelis through video game play. International Journal of Communication, 6, retrieved from: http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1056/708.

46. Young, R., Alhabash, S., Rodgers, S., Stemmle, J. (2011). Building the health news agenda in local newspapers: Lessons for health-care managers. International Journal of Healthcare Management (Formerly known as Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare, 4(3), 148-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175330311X13094235152218 [Lead Article]

47. Kononova, A., Alhabash, S., & Cropp, F. (2011). The role of media in the process of socialization to American politics among international students. International Communication Gazette, 73(4), 302-321. DOI: 10.1177/1748048511398592

48. Wise, K., Alhabash, S., & Park, H. (2010). Emotional responses during social information seeking on Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13(5), 555-562. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2009.0365